Illumination
Penton Legacy
Book 5
Susannah Sandlin
Genre: PNR/UF
Date of Publication: July 11, 2017
Number of pages: Approx. 330
Word Count: 90,000
Cover Artist: Kim Killion
Tagline: Nik wants to escape his family curse. Shay wants to change the world. Together, they are the only hope to save the vampires of Penton.
Book Description:
He came to Penton seeking peace. Nik Dimitrou joined the Army to escape his family legacy, only to have his psychic abilities exploited as a weapon. Now, as a civilian, he turns to the bottle to veil the images that haunt his mind whenever he touches anyone—except vampires. With them, he has finally found a home. But as Penton, Alabama, moves into open warfare with the Vampire Tribunal, Nik finds himself a linchpin in the deepening conflict, not to mention facing a transformation in his own body more frightening than anything he’s encountered before.
She wanted to change the world. Shay Underwood watched her Peace Corps parents move from one third world country to another—until both died following an outbreak of fever. Driven to her own career in tropical medicine, Shay works in New Orleans to cure the disease that killed her parents—until a careless weekend outing draws her into a world far more dangerous than the diseases she studies: a vampire society engaged in human trafficking and on the verge of all-out war.
Two cities, two strangers, one world. With Penton rebellion leader Aidan Murphy making risky choices and chief vampire lieutenant Mirren Kincaid forced to take a leadership role in Penton, it will fall to two outsiders, Nik and Shay, to find a way for the town—and themselves—to survive in this much-anticipated conclusion to the multiple award-winning Penton Legacy series.
Excerpt:
Cage caught the human before he
made it two steps toward the door and freedom. “Oh, no you don’t, my friend. I
said we had things to discuss, and I quite meant it.”
Nik
retrieved a set of handcuffs from a pocket and held them out. “Try these.”
“I
like a man who comes prepared.” Cage grinned and jerked the man’s arms behind
his back, slapping on the cuffs with an ease that told Nik he was no stranger
to using them. From his long mercenary days, maybe.
“What’s
your name?” Robin looked up at the human. “Who are you working with?”
The
guy just looked at her with a smirk.
Enough of that. Nik didn’t like
the guy’s attitude, and they didn’t have time to waste.
Apparently,
Cage was thinking the same thing. “Just take what you need from him, Nik. He
must be bonded to some bloody vampire or other and he’s more afraid of his
master than he is of us. A mistake, I might add.”
Nik
approached the man, flexing his fingers. He didn’t bother with a wrist or touch
on the shoulder. He wrapped the fingers of both hands around the man’s head and
held on. Good thing about vampire strength. No matter how much the man
squirmed, he couldn’t escape Nik’s grip.
Robin
took advantage of the moment and patted the guy down, extracting his wallet
from a back pocket. “Jonathan Lachey. Probably his real name. Doesn’t look
smart enough to use a fake I.D.”
“All
right, Jonathan. Let’s see what you can tell me.” Nik closed his eyes, and the
clarity of the visions made his breath catch. Direct touch had always amped his
visions, but nothing like this. As with the images from objects, however, he
could now sort through the guy’s memories and thoughts instead of suffering an
uncontrollable onslaught. “He’s bonded to someone and trying to reach out
mentally.”
“Better
work fast.” Cage held Jonathan more firmly in place while Nik plundered inside
his head.
Nik
paused on an image and tightened his grip on the man’s skull. Nothing escaped
but a strained whimper. “You raped my sister.”
And
a lot of other women. So many. Several of the girls were pregnant—including the
woman he now knew was his old high school classmate, Shay.
“Don’t kill him, Niko.” Robin put
a hand on his arm, her voice low and lethal. “At least not yet.”
About the Author:
Susannah Sandlin writes award-winning paranormal romance, including the popular Penton Legacy series for Montlake Romance, and romantic suspense and thrillers, including two series, The Collectors and Wilds of the Bayou, also for Montlake. Writing as Suzanne Johnson, she writes the Sentinels of New Orleans urban fantasy series for Tor Books. Suzanne grew up in Alabama halfway between the Bear Bryant Museum and Elvis’s birthplace and lived in New Orleans for fifteen years, so she has a refined sense of the absurd and an ingrained love of college football and fried gator on a stick. She currently lives in Auburn, Alabama, where she is a full-time author who does copy editing on the side through Reedsy.com.
Twitter: @SusannahSandlin, @Suzanne_Johnson
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